Harry Potter on the Web Guides and games about the world of wizards and muggles.

Literary Criticism Contains links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works. Can be browsed by author, title, nationality, and literary period.

Love to Read: Finding Books and Book Clubs This is one of many outstanding "pathfinders" provided by the Internet Public Library. They lead you on the path to discover what you are looking for!

Notable Graphic Novels Graphic Novel booklist

Novel Guide Novel Guide is a great place to get free literary analyses for hundreds of novels. Please note: This site contains a lot of advertisements.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound Student

Printz Award Winners The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers and Quick Picks Top Ten Lists The annual lists feature books that will attract teens who, for whatever reason, choose not to read. Lists for the last five years are included. Title on the lists were suggested with lots of input from young adult reluctant readers across the country. There is also a section to nominate titles to consider for the next lists.

Reader’s Robot A database of genre fiction and some popular nonfiction titles. Unique in that it is searchable not only by keyword but also by "Appeal Factors" such as length, style, type of ending, and mood.

Reading Rants Need something good to read? Try these out-of-the-ordinary annotated teen booklists!

Reading Lists Selected by our librarians especially for teens.

Science Fiction Links Book and film reviews, clipart and an art gallery are the main features of this Sci Fi site.

SparkNotes Free study guides on many school subjects, including literature, drama, poetry and Shakespeare. Requires free online registration. 

Teen Ink If you’re 13-19, Teen Ink is YOUR magazine! Share stories, experiences and creativity with teens nationwide and around the world!

Teen Lit This cool site provides a forum for teens writers to publish and discuss their writing, as well as review and discuss books they read.

Teenreads.com Teens who like to read should check out this site. It is well designed and features random quotes from authors and pop culture icons, recommendations and reviews for recent releases, also a search engine to find those obscure titles and more.

TeensPoint.org Book lists, reviews, original fiction and prose and an online book club make this a great site for readers.

Terrific Teen Novels The following lists of Teen Novels are categorized by general theme, and represent compilations of both “classic” and “contemporary” titles, geared towards teen readers. There’s a little bit of something for everyone in the following links, and we welcome you to take as many journeys in your mind as these many titles allow!

TumbleReadables is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlited as they are being read and the pages turn automatically. The collection features chapter books, early readers, YA/Teen Novels, high interest/low level books for both middle school and high school students, plus classics of American and English literature.

Web English Teacher The Web English Teacher presents the best of English/Language Arts teaching and learning resources.

Wisdom Quotes Search for quotes by category or keyword.

YA Books Central Looking for something to read? This sight can help you narrow the search. There are over 2400 book reviews of teen and children's books on this site, but that is not all. There are also study and book discussion guides, author bios and interviews, a YA Book Central Blog, and more.

Databases

What is a database?

Databases are online versions of print encyclopedias and other reference books which the library pays for just like buying books.

They do not count as “Internet” resources because they provide the same information as reference books - they are just in an “electronic” format for easier access.

How to log in:

• Click on the database name to begin. 

• If you are at home or school, you need to log-in with your Mesa library card number and PIN to use them.

• Write down the name of the database you want to use before you log-in from home or school, because we have a long list of databases to choose from.

Help me...
• Get a Pin • Choose a database • Get technical help

	Novelist - Find a book by looking for plots, characters, or settings, or search for books similar to ones you have read and liked.